LORD mayor Nuatali Nelmes has conceded defeat to Independent candidate Ross Kerridge in what has been an almost unprecedented ...

A 71-year-old French man has acknowledged in court that he drugged his then-wife and invited dozens of men to rape her over ...

Futures markets are fully pricing in a quarter-point cut and now imply a 65 per cent chance the Fed could ease rates by half ...

Josh Leeson is an entertainment and features journalist, specialising in music, at the Newcastle Herald. He first joined the ...

Newcastle Herald brings you live updates from breaking news incidents, traffic and travel from across Newcastle, the Hunter ...

The State of the Environment Report - produced by the Tasmania Planning Commission - found it was getting worse on 16 of 29 ...

The Newcastle Knights have announced the departures of prop Daniel Saifiti and three outside backs. Max McKinney is a sports ...

Evergreen Knights centre Dane Gagai has capped one of the best years of his career by winning a second Danny Buderus Medal.

ROOKIE striker Ben Gibson made it two goals in two games but it was the Jets' defence in a 1-0 win over Wellington on Tuesday ...

The Georgetown-Waratah Labor Party branch has disputed claims by Nuatali Nelmes that she was not involved in discussions with ...

A HUNTER first has resulted in a report to the NSW State Government on ways to reform the broken child protection system ...

A MAN has fallen down an old mine shaft while at work in the Hunter Valley, sparking a major and lengthy emergency response.